we are memento club
One year. Twelve shows. Dozens of bands. And a community built around the music we all love.
Every month, Flower of Zeus are hosting a night at Signature Brew in Haggerston — inviting bands from the punk, noise, and heavy rock scenes to share the stage. Each gig is more than just a show: it’s recorded, pressed to vinyl, and remembered with keepsakes like t-shirts, podcasts and other limited edition items.
The idea’s simple: respect the bands, welcome the audience, and make something that lasts.
Streaming is broken, we all know this to be true, the same for social media. Who has really managed to get their music play listed in the right places? Who feels lost in an ocean of random acts all trying to get access to the same thing? Who has experienced finding a social media event of a gig you would have gone to three days after it happened?
The algorithm doesn’t help artists ascend by promoting originality, it likes more of the same thing and it works in favour of the major labels. If there isn’t a comparison or a genre labelled box you can place music within it gets lost.
So how does a band find its audience? How do they find their people, find their crowd, find their fans? What happens if you’re playing outsider music and don’t fit in?
Do you play gig after gig, at showcases or open mics often run by a promoter that doesn’t care, that expects you to sell tickets and decides the bill based on sales rather than curating a bill that flows and works? Do you deal with a dead behind the eyes sound guy who would rather you didn’t use both synths, or that you weren’t a left handed drummer?
Does it have to be this way?